{"id":564846,"date":"2026-08-10T16:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564846\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:38:15","slug":"a-fifth-of-ambulance-calls-are-not-emergencies-says-st-john-boss-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564846\/","title":{"rendered":"A fifth of ambulance calls are not emergencies, says St John boss &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPNHgzSU5Qdks4a1J4VDYwSkRBcUNjeDUtb0VYVkhlZ2I3SlUzR2ktMkVKSUFxTENfQkhsemphcGNVX3cySEJueDdFazhkakJ3aktPSzhjNU1PeG9TMEZyc1BsYXdyVFNFOHh6dUFhckZkdkw3RkRQMGx4Tl9Ja2FRdHcwa19nc0o5TU5Gd19CNEZBaFFxOWdVa3NvRTdhVVBwUGhF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A fifth of ambulance calls are not emergencies, says St John boss<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxQZmQwSlNaWlpXTGxBcUhlSDVXa29tQlljVGwzbm9EZ0lYbzZOUnU5UWNSTGg0VWlCYS11TnU0VC02QXNKV0tjcWd6VU5qUkpHVjV2Z1JyVDBWYVFCUTdYc09vMkxZR3E2YWQzUF81Q3p0RG50dmVPRXZjY01ncm1ldlJvWTBqcWFPYmY3YUtXQlNwT2RKMTJmXzJGMFdYYmo3QUpHdnVpZWVPUGpVUlJ3a2QwanFfQmxkYVdQRGl1alo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">One call every 20 seconds: Current demand for ambulances &#8216;unsustainable&#8217; &#8211; St John<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxOelVCRlR2N2tVeXZiSDhUWXVzQmk2TTBSQ0VVVTVTRFZlalMtN2lTNFBiVTU4Vkhxa3RkUkkwNXRwWjlnTzhTT2lxY3BCeGFROEtqY21XbVpqeHFwelQybkFlbHc0MC1jVlZYUnNUUngyRmkxdmRMVU1nUjhEVFdtajRMa0Z6TXBqc212QzV6RGNHNEluNGx2a1hiV2U1TUc0ZVdlejdRRXNOYVE2NWtBZUx2bkJOTlRtQzlXWEJpZFZCYUo5RTh3b2tXbUU3QVdYSU84T0l5Mm8tMGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Managing this volume incredibly well&#8217;: Minister backs response to record 111 demand<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxQUXNqRnZSV2ZtNXBsbGV3U1J4OXFoTHM0NFNGbFJORjViWGltZDJCdlVZSEFCM3hCQmxCVWdLRXdJeGIyV2t1dzdFWEpoUzlqV1lHNThzRnhocE1uQjNvdlF3a25oTndJN1FpTi1EQzRkWjFCSDB6ZlRNSmdzbzZWWjRNMVQwV3JsX0xXcy1LaU9FOFV2TDdr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">St John bracing for another 111 spike amid record demand<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4AFBVV95cUxNazQ3Njh2V0xPTjliaTBFcEpid3VDOUZyRVI5YjNERzRjc1E0cWRsUDM0VWgyYy15b1BOeURNLXNSVzc2MWRrN1JuWGRfdjlEcmNFQVRJOFdWQjAxc3loNzB5WmRzSDlJaXR6TkpoRVlEOGk4ZGFTelBodUhUak1qbkhwRE5ENExMcF93OWdOYldWNF8wY2JWb2R4MGRYeXNjb1ZEaTdaOEhPU3RsMHU4RmRyNlJ3TERKbGRKaV9pbW9ZeG01d0ZERHJFbEhJeDkyTkstSmxnOHZJbzE5WXdTWA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kerre Woodham: The ambulances are under the pump, and it won&#8217;t finish anytime soon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk ZB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fifth of ambulance calls are not emergencies, says St John boss&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffOne call every 20 seconds: Current demand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-564846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}